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Recognised as Colour

#CED8E0

  • #CED8E0
  • Blue
  • Light
  • Nearest: Light grey

#CED8E0 is a blue with RGB values 206, 216, 224 and HSL 207°, 22%, 84%. It is a light colour, so black text on it reaches 14.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Light grey.

Colour values

#CED8E0#CED8E0
HEX#CED8E0
RGBrgb(206, 216, 224)
RGB (0–1)0.8078, 0.8471, 0.8784
RGB percentages80.8%, 84.7%, 87.8%
HSLhsl(206.7, 22.5%, 84.3%)
HSV / HSBhsv(206.7, 8%, 87.8%)
CMYK8%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.2%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer13,555,936
CSS custom property--colour: #CED8E0;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.67615WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness214 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkLight
Best text colour on this backgroundBlackcontrast 14.52:1
Contrast with white1.45:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Contrast with black14.52:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Greyscale equivalent#D6D6D6
Inverted#31271F

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#D5D8E0no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 2.5 from the original
Deuteranopia#D2D6E0no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 2.4 from the original
Tritanopia#CADADAno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 4.8 from the original
Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text1.45:1WCAG large text: Fail
Contrast with black, large text14.52:1WCAG large text: AAA

Named colours

Light grey · ΔE 5.6Gainsboro · ΔE 5.8Lavender · ΔE 9.4Silver · ΔE 9.7Light blue · ΔE 11.3Alice blue · ΔE 11.4
Nearest named CSS colourLight grey (#D3D3D3)ΔE 5.56, clearly different but related
Hue familyblue
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#E0D6CE
Analogous#CEE0DF, #CECFE0
Triadic#E0CED8, #D8E0CE
Split complementary#E0CECF, #E0DFCE
Tetradic#DFCEE0, #E0D6CE, #CFE0CE

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#FFFFFF
Lighter +30%#FFFFFF
Lighter +20%#FFFFFF
Lighter +10%#EDF1F4
Darker −10%#AFBFCC
Darker −20%#90A6B8
Darker −30%#708DA5
Darker −40%#58748A
More saturated +25%#C4D9EA
Less saturated −25%#D7D7D7

Channel breakdown

R206
G216
B224
Red206 (80.8%)
Green216 (84.7%)
Blue224 (87.8%)
Hue206.67°
Saturation (HSL)22.5%
Lightness84.31%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR CE · G D8 · B E0

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